Abba are to release new music for the first time in 35 years, according to a statement posted on their official Instagram account.
The band wrote: “The decision to go ahead with the exciting Abba avatar tour project had an unexpected consequence.
“We all four felt that, after some 35 years, it could be fun to join forces again and go into the recording studio. So we did. And it was like time had stood still and that we had only been away on a short holiday. An extremely joyful experience!
“It resulted in two new songs and one of them, I Still Have Faith In You, will be performed by our digital selves in a TV special produced by NBC and the BBC aimed for broadcasting in December.
“We may have come of age, but the song is new. And it feels good.”
The band’s troubled personal history resulted in some searingly honest lyrics. The Winner Takes It All, released in 1980, was written at the height of their success in when both couples had already come adrift. The song tells the story of a woman, who’s recently left a relationship, casting doubt on her ex’s new lover.
Most fans had given up all hope of ever hearing new music from Agnetha, Benny, Björn and Anni-Frid.
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